Eina, Barcelona. School of Design and Art

by Philip Stanton

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Eina realises that illustration has become an essential visual resource for the media (printed, audio-visual or digital medium), and has consequently established itself as a catalyst, bringing together the different origins, concerns, ambitions and ways of doing things that coexist in such a diverse sector. The aim of Eina’s postgraduate illustration course is to be a meeting point for illustration, where the right conditions can be created for analysis, experimentation and dissemination. Consequently, the illustration course activities go beyond the classroom and expand, leading to publications, campaigns, exhibitions, participation in awards and festivals, and actions of solidarity.

One of the interesting things about being an illustrator for magazines and newspapers is that you are always learning new things as a result of the articles you´re assigned. When illycaffè contacted us in order for the students of the Eina postgraduate illustration course to create images for the illywords magazine, neither myself nor my students were familiar with the concept of kaizen. After researching the concept on the Internet, I decided to assign an in-class project where each student would create two initial sketches: a first piece showing kaizen in a positive light, and a second work in a negative light. The act of having to think about a conceptually difficult theme from two conflicting sides produced some interesting results.

For the final project each student was asked to create two works, a full page colour illustration and a second work where they were free to choose the format they preferred (rectangular, square, circular etc). All of us in the Eina illustration programme hope you, the readers of illywords, enjoy the results.

Philip Stanton
Professor and coordinator
of the postgraduate illustration programme,
Eina school of art and design

STUDENTS
Anuska Allepuz, Albert Asensio Navarro, Maja Babic Kosir, Pau Borras Sol, Norma Esparza Cervantes, Rafael Fong Hirales, Mariana Fontes Gorman, Raquel Fuster Valles, Roberta Gorni, Stefanie Labes, Luciano Lozano Raya, Alexandre Madureira, Miriam Miras, Gustavo Peres, Filipa Pontes, Dani Ras Aledo, Patrizia Schopf, Oriol Sintes Saez, Cyla Soares Costa, Anna Tó Cubells, Oriol Vaz Romero Trueba, Rodrigo Villas Bôas, Maria Zúniga Marca

Eina,
Escola de Disseny i Art
Passeig Santa Eulàlia 25
08017 Barcelona
www.eina.edu


Professor and coordinator of the postgraduate illustration programme, Eina school of art and design. Stanton was born in Columbus Ohio (USA) and grew up in Florida. He has his MFA from the SVA in New York. In 1988 he settled permanently in Barcelona, Spain, where he has a graphic studio and is active as an exhibiting artist, as well as coordinating the illustration programme at EINA. website: www.philipstanton.com


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  • Albert Asensio Navarro

    I CANNOT DO IT BY MYSELF. The towers are built by counting on everyone, even the smallest team member is important. The “Castell” would not be possible without this teamwork.

  • Miriam Miras

    The term kaizen is all about team work, about the selection of each of its members, to create an outcome of total harmony. This is why I have chosen the example of the matryoshka dolls: they are all identical except in size, going from the smallest to the largest to form a single doll when they are put together.

  • Lluc Massaguer

  • Maja Babic Kosir

    Any time, any place, anywhere, you can alter your view. Change the universe with different eyes.

  • Roberta Gorni

    PORTRAIT. Like an artist with their canvas, adding a little every day towards better works.

  • Mariana Fontes Gorman

    +LIFE. Kaizen relies on human judgment to determine through observation what should be added or subtracted during the process, in order to achieve a better result.

  • Patrizia Schopf

    THE POSITIVE ASPECT. The idea of “change for the better” or “improvement” of kaizen is represented by an origami-process, which starts with a simple piece of paper, develops to the typical origami crane which morphs to a real flying bird. The art of origami leads us to Japanese technique and the folding process to daily growing, which is also represented by the growing composition of the drawing.

  • Rafael Fong Hirales

    PRO KAIZEN

  • Rafael Fong Hirales

    ANTI KAIZEN

  • Oriol Vaz Romero Trueba

    He who desires kaizen is seeking the overcoming spirit. He who finds it carries his life and his work like a magic toy on a tray of continuous improvements. He who knows kaizen will never turn back.

  • Oriol Vaz Romero Trueba

  • Raquel Fuster Valles

    EXPRESS YOURSELF. Looking for another opportunity in immensity […]. It’s finding your way without forcing your destiny. […] Thinking with your heart and understanding your reasons. Being honest, it is your destiny to be able to understand which your way is. Just being taken away to be able to listen, think and speak later.

  • Anuska Allepuz

    Kai-zen is a method of change in which people work for the good of the company […], it is a system of behaviour that adapts the attitude to continuously improve processes.

  • Cyla Soares Costa

    Concentrate on your workspace and put it together. Through synergic teamwork we shall create continuous improvement!

  • Mariana Fontes Gorman

    MACHINERY. Throughout the kaizen process, human judgment can become, a mere piece of machinery in a much larger engine.

  • Luciano Lozano Raya

    Old ideas move as slowly as an elephant in your brain. It´s a hard task to uproot these ideas and replace them with newer and better ones.

  • Maria Zúniga Marca

    Combining personal effort in favour of a common benefit.

  • Oriol Sintes Saez

    Reinforcing the participation and creativity of workers is a very positive aspect of the kaizen method. Their minds can come up with productive ideas that develop the industry within the company and wellbeing their fellow workers […].

  • Cyla Soares Costa

    Let’s take it step by step: Identify. Separate. Eliminate. Make changes. Check. Check again. Measure results. Make it standard. Celebrate. Start it all over again!

  • Luciano Lozano Raya

    In kaizen any worker can stop the assembly line if he thinks the product will be improved by doing so. This also gives importance to feelings. A hug makes the bonsai happier and that makes for a better product. At the same time, the worker is more involved in his work.

  • Luciano Lozano Raya

    All the components of a team are equally important. The perfect combination of these elements make the company grow and solve problems.

  • "Where I am, makes me what I am"

    Anonymous at Galleria illy London

  • “The time is always right to do the right thing”

    Martin Luther King

  • "Liberty is about our rights to question everything".

    Ai Wei Wei

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